Contact Information
Address:
62300 Airport Road
Slidell, LA 70460-5243
United StatesPhone:
504-522-7330
New Orleans-Baton Rouge (Slidell) Weather Forecast Center
The responsibilities of the New Orleans/Baton Rouge National Weather Service Forecast Office have grown from primarily weather observing activities in the late 1800s to the current issuance of myriad forecasting and warning related products. At one point, the office issued forecasts and warnings for the Gulf of Mexico and sections of a six state region including Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, and the western Florida panhandle. Presently, the office prepares forecast and warning products to support such interests as the general public and the aviation, fire weather, and marine communities for southeast Louisiana, and the southwestern and coastal counties of Mississippi. The continuing primary mission of the office is the protection of life and property from natural disasters through the issuance of warnings and forecasts for hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, winter and summer storms, and all manner of severe or extreme weather.